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Tasked with overseeing 26 disparate base-build components and designing the lobby fit-out of Lend Lease's second Barangaroo tower, Woods Bagot has addressed the space as though it were heritage, reports inside co-editor Gillian Serisier.
"There is no way that any company that we know of could do what we did, and now there are 1200 people who are safe from the next cyclone," says Nev Hyman. After years of surfing the world's waters, Hyman collaborated with Ken McBride of HASSELL to create cyclone-proof prefab homes for remote villages, constructed from recycled waste plastic.
It would seem that our famous cafĆ© culture has given us an edge in this yearā€™s CafĆ© category. Five of the nine shortlisted CafĆ© entries are Australian, with the dramatic, moody Lune by Studio Esteta and the airy Kitty Burns by Biasol Design Studio neatly demonstrating the breadth of our local aesthetic.
Gone from whoa to global superstar in 14 years, HAY is a brand that now boasts a presence in most capital cities, as well as flagship stores across a number of regions, including Australia. Key to HAYā€™s success is a dual strategy of perpetual evolution coupled with timeless foundations, as inside finds out.
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